Cedar Creek Productions | BUCK the Film in the Press
In the film Buck, legendary horseman Buck Brannaman shows us what we can learn from our four-legged friends.
Buck Brannaman’s patience and compassion toward horses can teach us a lot about life. First-time documentary film director Cindy Meehl finds that similar patience is required in filmmaking.
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By Claudine Zap
Fri, May 06, 2011, 11:48 am PDT
The real-life horse whisperer who inspired the 1998 fictional movie “The Horse Whisperer” is now the star of his own film. Called “Buck,” the documentary follows the life of the cowboy-philosopher Buck Brannaman, as he works his magic with horses and their owners. (And yes, Robert Redford even appears.)
The movie was directed by Cindy Meehl, who shot 300 hours of film to put together the narrative, which won the Documentary Audience Award at Sundance this year. Its first fans seem to be on to something, as the film is starting to pick up buzz. On Yahoo! in the last month alone, searches on the horse trainer have jumped 700%. The true tale follows the horse tamer, who was raised in Idaho and suffered an abusive childhood at the hands of his father. That led him and his brother into foster care. The young Buck found solace in horses, and training them became his calling.
by Sarah on May 4th, 2011
The documentary Buck about the life and work of Buck Brannaman now has a new trailer that debuted yesterday. It is longer and more put together than the first one, which is still available for viewing on the film’s website. There is also a new poster, but I am partial to the look of the first one. The film is being released by Sundance Selects on June 17, 2011. Buck was my favorite film at SXSW 2011. My review of the film and my interview with Buck Brannaman and director Cindy Meehl are also posted to Lost in Reviews. I cannot wait to see this film again when it hits the theatres.
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Buck Brannaman, better known in equestrian circles as the horse whisperer, continued to work his magic over crowds.
“Buck,” Cindy Meehl’s documentary on Brannaman’s unique career, took home the Audience Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, months after it claimed the same prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
BUCK wins award for Best Feature Documentary
BUCK is an official selection of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival taking place April 14-17, 2011 in Durham, North Carolina. Full Frame will announce it’s full schedule of programming for the 14th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival on March 24th.
Horsing Around With “Buck”Filmmakers from Connecticut made a huge impression at the recent Sundance Film Festival, but no one was a bigger surprise than Cindy Meehl. With zero filmmaking experience, Meehl, a 54-year-old Redding resident, made a movie about a horse trainer that won the festival’s U.S. Documentary Audience Award. “Buck” earned over-the-top reviews and a distribution deal with Sundance Selects/IFC Films. Read complete Courant article
“Buck” is as modest as its subject and wins viewers over just as easily. Holding strong appeal in the nonfiction arena, the pic could be a hit for distribs who manage to book it into Middle-American markets where few docs fear to tread.
Buck Brannaman, who inspired The Horse Whisperer, proves as impressively gifted in reality as any fictionalized version could be — and even, though his not-quite-handsome face would never compete with Robert Redford‘s, possessed of an undeniable magnetism. A quiet man who almost seems to mind-meld with horses, he makes no secret of the belief that his training helps both horse and owner. Read complete Hollywood Reporter review…